One day, Nick invited his friends to supper. He was cooking some delicious food in the kitchen.Suddenly, he 小题1:________ (find)that he had run out of salt. So Nick called to his son,“Go to the village and buy some salt,but pay a fair price for it: neither too much 小题2:________ too little.”
His son looked surprised.“I can understand why I shouldn't pay too much,Father,but if I can pay less, 小题3:________ not save a bit of money?”
“That would be a very 小题4:________(reason)thing to do in a big city,but it could destroy a small village like ours,”Nick said.
Nick's guests, 小题5:________ had heard their conversation, asked why they should not buy salt more cheaply if they could. Nick replied,“The only reason a man would sell salt 小题6:________ a lower price would be because he was desperate for money.And anyone who took advantage of that situation would be showing a lack of respect 小题7:________ the sweat and struggle of the man who worked very hard to produce it.”
“But such a small thing couldn't 小题8:________ (possible) destroy a village.”
“In the beginning, there was only 小题9:________ very small amount of unfairness in the world,but everyone added a little,always 小题10:________ (think) that it was only small and not very important,and look where we have ended up today.”